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In the driving seat.
Tony Allen of Allen & Allen has steered the broker into the successful non-standard motor position it holds today. He tells Shona Cronin how.
Kiln goes live.
Lloyd's insurance group Kiln has gone live with a new website which boasts a moving image tour of th...
Ex-NU brokers covered.
Wholesale broker Dickson Manchester Underwriting has been appointed to offer professional indemnity ...
A century under cover.
The 20th Century has seen massive social and industrial changes. The insurance sector has developed alongside this, becoming the business we recognise today, says Andrew Newman.
Norman to lose name in rebranding move.
Norman Insurance will be rebranded as Mutuelles du Mans Assurances by the middle of next year, in li...
Rehab for insurers.
A new rehabilitation centre is to open in Manchester which will offer insurers their money back if e...
Lloyd's motor takes up the Torch.
Lloyd's group Limit has acquired Torch motor insurer for £10m. The move follows months of speculatio...
Safety behind the wheel.
Just 10% of companies with motor fleets advise their staff on careful driving, according to a survey...
Appointment at PYV.
Lloyd's broker PYV has promoted two members of its staff to the board. Robert Bass and Nicky Pauley ...
Burrows quits RSA
Peter Burrows, director, UK commercial at Royal & SunAlliance, has resigned and will leave the compan...
Claims logjam fear.
The Woolf Reforms were intended to stream-line the legal system. Six months since their introduction, Shona Cronin, looks at their effect on the insurance industry.
Merger master.
Tony Lancaster, chief executive of Groupama in the UK, talks to Tim Collison about the integration of Lombard and GAN, the latest of a string of mergers he has managed.
New WPA product keeps small firms in the best of health.
In a bid to provide smaller- and medium-sized businesses with cheaper and simpler private medical in...
Contractual challenge.
The proposed Contracts Bill will have repercussions throughout the insurance industry. Some sectors, such as construction, are set to benefit, say Charlotte Capstick and David Wilkinson.
Most brokers remain outside of the Net.
Over 60% of brokers have no website and only 10% are working towards developing one, according to Li...
A changing approach to risk.
Changes in the engineering sector have expanded the insurer's role to include risk management, although this has not increased the profitability of this market, says Tony Dowding.
Appointment at Denham syndicate 990.
Peter Matson has been made underwriter of Denham syndicate 990. The appointment will take effect fro...
Appointment at AIIB.
John Wardrop, a director of the Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers, has been appoin...
Appointment at Reliance National Insurance Co.
Reliance National has appointed Richard Green as senior underwriter at its financial lines division....
BBN buys BFS business.
Financial Services and insurance broking group Berry Birch & Noble (BBN) has acquired the personal f...
BN causes a stir in the Lakes.
The location of this year's Broker Network Conference belied its hard-hitting messages for the broker community, says Tim Collison.
Norman and Cox hatch brands.
In conjunction with its corporate rebranding programme, Norman Insurance is going out into the marke...
Opus Corporate Risk launches range of services.
Opus Corporate Risk has launched a range of services to meet the insurance needs of arts, media and ...
Anada alliance now five strong.
West Country broking alliance Anada has increased its membership to five following the appointment o...